TY - CHAP AU - Koichiro Ueda AU - Kanako Gora AU - Masaru Yamaoka AU - Takako Sato AU - Kimiko Abe AU - Enri Nakayama AU - Mituyasu Sato AU - Yumiko Tunoda AU - Sumiko Akatuka AU - Sayaka Fukui AU - Akinari Hayashi AU - Teruyuki Hirai AU - Sayako Ohnishi AU - Mayumi Hayata AU - Hisao Hiraba ED - Işıl Adadan Güvenç Y1 - 2017-12-20 PY - 2017 T1 - Salivary Effects of Facial Vibrotactile Stimulation in Patients with Sjogren’s Syndrome and Poor Salivation N2 - Saliva is a complex fluid that maintains oral health and has many physiological functions. It is a noninvasive diagnostic fluid as well. Lately, salivary diagnostics has proven its potential to reach clinical practice in the near future for the early detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of various diseases. Salivary Glands - New Approaches in Diagnostics and Treatment is a comprehensive reference, which brings together information on salivary secretion and its disorders, the novel salivary diagnostic methods for numerous diseases, and new techniques in the treatment of salivary diseases. This book contains information for a diverse audience, including dentists, oral biologists, experimental biologists, molecular biologists, oncologists, radiologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, and otorhinolaryngologists. BT - Salivary Glands SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72383 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.72383 SN - 978-1-78984-989-9 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -